Sewing this dress wasn’t too difficult. Due to time constraints, I actually got the majority of it done in only two days. I was fitting the top on the Friday before the wedding (which was on a Friday, so a week before the wedding and 6 days before we were starting our drive), and had a case of the f*ck its, during which I declared to Mr. 5 that I would not be making this dress…I would have to find something else. I can be good at psyching myself out like that.

Back to the dress I mentioned last Thursday, which evoked this reaction in me when I was nearly done with it:

Familiar, no?

There is really nothing worse than getting so close to getting a garment finished and then realizing you hate the way you look in it. I glanced over quite a few reviews at Pattern Review and noticed on a couple that people mentioned alternations on the dirndl skirt because the design as-is created a maternal look. I decided, eh, it should be fine – I’ll sew it together as is! And then I also decided to add clear elastic to stabilize the area. Do. Not. Do. Either. Of. These. Things.